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Meanings of pile in English

Portuguese
montão
Catalan
feix
Spanish
mogollón
Wikidata

(Often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.

      montão
      Portuguese
      empilhar
      Catalan
      apilar
      Spanish
      amontonar
      Wikidata

      To put together several things in one pile; to arrange in stacks.

              Related terms
              empilhar
              Wikidata

              A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.

                    Portuguese
                    acúmulo
                    Catalan
                    pilot
                    Spanish
                    montón

                    A collection of objects laid on top of each other.

                          acúmulo
                          Synonyms
                          Examples for "piling"
                          Examples for "piling"
                          1
                          Doctor Keller has sent a final demand; the bills are piling up.
                          Voices in the dark
                          2
                          However, it may feel as though the responsibilities are still piling up.
                          The South African
                          3
                          Plastic is piling up aroudn the world and new solutions are needed.
                          Radio NZ
                          4
                          Water reaching the river was piling higher, rising against already saturated levees.
                          Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
                          5
                          Betty was piling wood in the living-room fireplace when he came in.
                          Poor Man's Rock
                          1
                          They had come to an area of scrubby brush on stilt roots.
                          Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
                          2
                          I stepped onto the dock and looked up at the stilt house.
                          Stiltsville: a novel
                          3
                          And the red land-crabs, on their stilt-like legs, crept nearer and nearer.
                          Plotting in Pirate Seas
                          4
                          Hundreds have lived in traditional wooden stilt homes by its banks for decades.
                          Reuters
                          5
                          John Enderby reined up his horse and looked the stilt-walker in the face.
                          John Enderby
                          1
                          Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says.
                          The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
                          2
                          What you lost at the spile, you would gain at the bung.
                          A Plea for Captain John Brown / Read to the citizens of Concord,...
                          3
                          An' knowin' t' much might spile a boy for bein' a Secesher.
                          The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 / A Magaz...
                          4
                          Then I think of the spile and wrest it from the tree trunk.
                          Catching Fire
                          5
                          It's hard in the law to spile a man, I think.
                          A Tale of Two Cities
                          Usage of pile in English
                          1
                          Britain currently pays about £40bn a year to finance its debt pile.
                          The Guardian
                          2
                          There'll be a pile of paper on my desk that needs attention.
                          On the Beach
                          3
                          The questions pile on top of one another: Do you believe him?
                          Reuters
                          4
                          Now the pile of paper was not just burning; it was blazing.
                          Misery
                          5
                          One way is to have market participants pile on to the trend.
                          Reuters
                          6
                          For a long time, nothing much happens: a conical pile slowly accumulates.
                          Wired
                          7
                          Tom North ordered a pile placed in the carriage; the hammer descended.
                          The Riverman
                          8
                          He patted a pile of tip money left by oil company executives.
                          Reuters
                          9
                          The sand was handled from the stock pile in the same manner.
                          Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs
                          10
                          And it was no more the sole impressive pile in the borough.
                          The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
                          11
                          A deal could also put News Corp's pile of cash to use.
                          Reuters
                          12
                          One example is a pile of sand growing slowly, grain by grain.
                          Reuters
                          13
                          Under a pile of flowers the coffin was carried to the grave.
                          The Grey Room
                          14
                          Just a moment later a figure dashed out from behind the pile.
                          The hangman's daughter
                          15
                          There was a pile of them in the corner of the room.
                          The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
                          16
                          It was in Bloomsbury, and not in a pile of new buildings.
                          The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911